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29 July 2026
Greece-based METLEN signs long-term commercial gallium supply agreement
Multi-national industrial and energy company METLEN Energy & Metals S.A. of Athens, Greece — which operates the only vertically integrated bauxite, alumina and primary aluminium production unit in the European Union (EU) with privately owned port facilities — has announced a long-term commercial agreement for the supply of about 25% of the annual gallium production from its planned production facility in Greece.
This is the first major commercial gallium supply agreement between a European producer and a leading US technology company and constitutes a strategic milestone for Europe’s efforts to strengthen the resilience of its critical raw materials supply chain.
METLEN is the first company in Europe to establish integrated gallium production and the first to secure a commercial agreement for European-produced gallium.
This results from the long-standing research and innovation efforts of the company’s in-house R&D teams, located in the historic Aluminium of Greece industrial plant, alongside the newly established Critical & Rare Metals sub-sector of M Metals.
“For the first time in METLEN’s history, one of our metallurgical products has attracted such strong interest from leading industrial economies worldwide,” notes METLEN’s executive chairman Evangelos Mytilineos. “This reflects both the strategic importance of gallium and the confidence of global technology leaders in the quality and reliability of our material, which has already undergone extensive qualification testing.”
METLEN’s flagship investment for gallium production was officially recognized by the European Commission as a Strategic Project under the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA). The strategic importance of the project has also been recognized by the European Investment Bank (EIB), which approved financing under the REPowerEU framework.
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